Check and Double Check 1930  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Ralf Harolde, Charles Morton, Edward Martindel, Rita La Roy, Russ Powell, Roscoe Ates, Duke Ellingon, Robert Homans
In this, their only film appearance, the White comedians of radio fame, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, bring their Black characters of Amos 'n' Andy to the screen. Although their radio show had been a hit, seeing them in blackface was a different matter. Years later, the characters were brought to TV and were readily accepted when Black men took on the roles of Amos 'n' Andy.
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Four Sons 1928  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Margaret Mann, James Hall, Ralph Bushman, Earle Foxe, Charles Morton, George Meeker, June Collyer, Albert Gran, Frank Reicher, Jack Pennick
In this silent, anti-war film, a Bavarian woman (Margaret Mann) had four sons, but three of them were killed during World War I. Now, her only remaining son (James Hall) has moved to the United States and is branded a traitor, but she longs to join him.
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Lumberjack 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Jimmy Rogers, Andy Clyde, Herbert Rawlinson, Ethel Wales, Douglass Dumbrille, Francis McDonald, John Whitney, Charles Morton, Bob Burns
Julie (Ellen Hall) is a widow whose husband was murdered. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) comes to her aid, catches the killers, and saves her valuable timberland.
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| 1. Check and Double Check (1930)
aka: Amos 'N' Andy
2. Four Sons (1928)
3. Lumberjack (1944)
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